79 



1828. Cirphis eboriosa. (Plate XCI. fig. 10.) 



Lcucania eboriosa, Guen. Noct. i. p. 74 (1S.">2) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. 

 p. 190. 



S . Head and thorax deep purple-pink ; abdomen rufous, dark 

 brown on dorsum. Fore wing deep purple-pink ; the costal edge 

 white; the veins near end of cell and termen with slight dark 

 streaks ; antemedial dark points on v-eins and inner margin ; a 

 white point at lower angle of cell ; a postraedial series of black 

 points on the veins, incurved below vein 4 ; a subterminal series 

 of white points in the interspaces. Hind wing dark reddish 

 brown, the cilia purplish pink, the underside pale thickly irrorated 

 with purplish pink ; the terminal area suffused with pink, a dark 

 discoidal spot and diffused postmedial band. 



Hab. Tasmania (not U.S.A.), i S type, Hobart {Norman), 1 cT • 

 Exp. 40 millim. 



1829. Cirphis costalis. 



Cirphis cosinlis, Wlk. xxxii. ()2'j (186;")). 



(S . Head and thorax pale purplish rufous ; abdomen ochreoiis 

 tinged with rufous. Fore wing rufous suffused with purplish 



Fig. 145. — Cirphis coMalis, J. {. 



pink ; the costal edge white ; slight fuscous antemedial points 

 on median nervure and vein 1 ; a white point with some fuscous 

 round it at lower angle of cell ; traces of a curved postmedial 

 series of dark points on the veins. Hind wing pale purplish 

 rufous suffused with fuscous, leaving the inner area and termen 

 redder ; cilia pale rufous, white at tips ; the underside whitish 

 thickly irrorated with red, a black discoidal spot and diffused 

 fuscous postmedial band. 



IlaJi. Tasmania, 2 J type. Exp. 38 millim. 



1830. Cirphis obusta. (Plate XCI. fig. 17.) 



Leucania obttsia, Guen. Noct. i. p. 74 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. .Vm. 

 p. 190. 



S . Head and thorax deep rufous ; abdomen ochreous, the 

 ventral surface rufous. Fore wing deep rufous suffused with 



